Documentary / Biography - DVD

Locked Up Abroad tells the true stories of unsuspecting travelers embarked on what they thought would be fun-filled vacations only to barely make it home. Combining revealing interviews with dramatic re-enactments, each episode recounts an extraordinary situation and the unfortunate luck and, in some...

In the city that never sleeps, one architect's dream for a greener future has been realized. National Geographic provides an exclusive look at the design and construction of an eco-friendly marvel: One Bryant Park, set to be the second tallest building in New York...

Amid the clamor of technological and economic success, a reverence for age, custom, and tradition endures in Japanese culture. The honorable title, "Living National Treasure", is the highest award that can be achieved in the Japanese arts. Some seventy master craftsmen and performers are...

Over the centuries, explorers traded tales of a lost civilization amid the dense Amazonian rainforest. Scientists dismissed the legends as exaggerations, believing that the rainforest could not sustain such a huge population until now. A new generation of explorers armed with 21st-century technology has...

Scientists have long debated one of the greatest mysteries of science. What caused the mass extinction of mammoths around 13,000 years ago? A look at science in the making, National Geographic follows a team of investigators as they assemble one theory for what might...

Once thundering trains bridged all the world's continents...helping to settle new lands and unite distant cultures. In Love Those Trains you'll celebrate their majesty past and present...even taking a first-class seat aboard the Orient Express!

Explore the ruins of the most highly developed civilization in the jungles of Mexico and Central America that mysteriously collapsed more than a thousand years ago. You'll hear the startling story of the kingdom's downfall and witness ancient rituals re-enacted on sites where they...

More than three years in the making, Lions of the African Night reveals the savage secrets of Africa after dark. As night descends on the bushveld, a pride of 30 lions begins its nightly search for prey. Baboons snuggle in tree tops, big-eyed apes...

The history of aviation may never be the same. Forty years before the Wright brothers flew at Kitty Hawk, frantic inventors and engineers rushed to create steam-powered flying machines that they hoped would decide the fate of the Civil War. Mark Ragan, author and...

As evident from 9/11 and more recent terrorist attacks, New York City is a top target number for international terrorists. National Geographic embeds with New York's finest, the New York Police Department, for an in-depth look at the terror task force responsible for defending...

Tokyo: orderly...modern...and seemingly safe. But this vast neon city hides a dark secret. For the millions who live here, it's something you don't see every day, and you may never encounter it face to face. For people on the inside, however, nothing could be...

Crimes Against Nature follows an international taskforce of cops and environmental activists from the U.S., Thailand, and Australia on a mission to investigate and bust into the illegal animal trade. The hotspots for wildlife trafficking are at the center of a perfect storm of...

Anyone, at any time, can fall victim to nature's raging furies. Around the globe, hurricanes, tornadoes, and typhoons strike without mercy and often without warning. In the last century, more than half a million lives were lost to the violent forces of cyclones, tropical...

The largest reptile on earth is lurking in the rivers of Australia's Northern Territory. A master predator, each year this cunning croc is tested by nature's harsh extremes and must battle for dominance with its own kind. Using high-speed cameras and infrared technology, National...

In a land reduced to sand and water, every day is a struggle for survival. But one animal has conquered these two elements: Crocodiles have learned to thrive. Meet Croc Boss, the heavyweight champion of the Crocodile Ganglands. He rules by sheer size and...

Airplane Commercial airplanes are commonly used by travelers across the world, but how do these fantastically complicated machines work? Eric Stromer does the unthinkable, cutting into a Boeing 727 passenger jet for a never-before-seen look at airplanes, from the inside out. He dissects various...

For the first time in the history of space exploration, scientists spotted and tracked an asteroid on a collision course with Earth. About the size of a truck, the asteroid slammed into the Nubian Desert in Sudan, in nearly the exact spot and only...

Twice each day, the rising tides of North America's Atlantic coast bring life to millions of exotic creatures. Journey through this incredible universe revealed by stunning aerial and underwater photography and discover how seemingly harmless sea stars, rays and sea horses attack their prey....

Journey to the tiny island of Siarau on the northwest coast of Borneo, where a tidal mangrove forest survives. Caught between land and sea, the forest and its creatures have adapted in bizarre ways to the daily flooding of their habitat. Tree roots grow...

Bush piloting in the Congo, a country crippled by 30 years of war and famine, may be one of the world's most hazardous professions. Brave men and women risk life and limb to transport cargo to this remote region of the world. Landing strips...

Meet the Johns family, one of Manhattan's most prominent Gypsy families. In each episode of this new series, cameras document their efforts to preserve Gypsy customs amid the vices of the city, while upholding their family's power in the community and expanding their psychic...

Airplanes are the lifeblood of Alaska, transporting critical supplies and rescuing the lost and injured in areas where roads don't reach. But violent weather and extreme terrain make these the most dangerous skies in the country, and bush pilots often go beyond the call...

Follow DEA agents on their quest to track down and bust narco-submarines in one of the most violent regions of Colombia.

It may have been one of the most cataclysmic geologic events of the last 60 million years which shaped America as we know it today. The narrow, 400-mile-long Isthmus of Panama, once buried below the sea, rose up and connected North and South America....

With a host of problems threatening the earth's surface, is underwater living a viable alternative? Meet the scientists who believe that permanently submerged colonies are not just possible, but imminent. National Geographic follows the scientists as they tackle the hypothetical challenge of housing 100...

In a remote Chinese desert, archaeologists have unearthed mummies that are thousands of years old, many with Indo-European features such as blond hair and blue eyes. Where did they come from? Dr. Spencer Wells, National Geographic explorer-in-residence and director of the National Geographic Genographic...

The idea that a building's walls will stand up seems as safe a bet as gravity's pull or the sun's rising. Most of us don't worry much about whether our apartments, offices, supermarkets, or schools are going to collapse on us as we go...

Explore the miraculous potential and frightening possibilities of genetic cloning as National Geographic's cameras reveal the history, controversy, and cutting-edge developments of a scientific breakthrough capable of literally changing the destiny of the human race. Witness the remarkable effects of the cloning revolution, from...

Sex tourism may be one of Thailand's most profitable industries. Many of the foreign men who enter the country as tourists come for sex the demand is high, and the market is massive. Servicing this demand are women trafficked from all over the world,...

Travel through the ages to witness the advancement of life on Earth from the big bang and the earliest life-forms, to artificial intelligence and human cloning. Follow a team of scientists on an exciting expedition to uncover the secrets of the Oviraptor dinosaur. Find...

National Geographic takes a closer look at one of the best-documented meteorite falls in history. Captured by a network of specialized cameras, radar and listening equipment, watch as the stunning fireball hurtles toward Earth at a blistering 46,000 miles per hour. Meanwhile, another meteorite...

With whitish hair and skin, as well as pale, light-sensitive eyes, people with albinism usually suffer more from social stigma than from their actual physical disabilities. And while this condition is found in all races around the globe, nowhere is it more dangerous to...

Visit one of America's last fishing communities as its residents fight to preserve their homes and livelihoods in the wake of one of the greatest environmental disasters in U.S. history. National Geographic follows the desperate stories of Venice, Louisiana fishermen, from last ditch efforts...

On June 6, 1912, the Katmai region of Alaska experienced a volcanic eruption so devastating that falling ash blacked out the sun for three days 100 miles away. The magnitude of the deadly blast was four times greater than Mount Pinatubo and 100 times...

Take a new look at Earth through the eyes of a zany band of intergalactic adventurers. Zooming in to investigate, Captain Rip Rayon and his crew discover that there's a whole lot of shaking going on! And when you beam aboard on this global...

Join our alien team as they explore one of the most amazing planets in the universe -- Earth! As Captain Rip Rayon and crew send their space ships deep into the ocean, they encounter slimy sea slugs, spiky sea urchins, and lots of super-sleek...

The world is addicted to oil. But now the easy pockets of oil are gone and the race is on to find new sources. Nowhere is the battle more intense than in Alaska - source of nearly 15% of America's domestic production, and home...

Take a harrowing journey with author Sebastian Junger and photographer Reza deep into Afghanistan for the last interview with the assassinated resistance leader, Ahmed Shah Massoud. With never-before-seen footage, Afghanistan Revealed explores this war-torn country and the lives of its people as they struggle...

Climb into the cockpit of an exact replica of the fabled Spirit of St. Louis to experience a riveting, hour-by-hour reenactment of the danger, doubts, and fatigue endured by the young Charles Lindbergh on his record-shattering flights across the Atlantic. From exclusive, rarely-seen archival...

Take a look inside the personal stories of two individuals whose own experiences prompted them to prepare for Armageddon. After surviving a plane crash, Leland Freeborn has prophesized a full-scale nuclear attack "when the snow is on the ground, and the Christmas lights are...

Follow the zoo babies as they introduce us to their family, habitat, lifestyle and appetite, and watch as they discover unique characteristics about their own upbringing. Over 15 animals are featured including the elephant, giraffe, wildebeest, clouded leopard, serval cat and hippo. The babies...

How does a potato chip get perfectly seasoned with just the right amount of crisp? How can a four-door sedan have the same power and agility as a sports car? Visit some of the most advanced manufacturing facilities in the world and find out...

In the south of England, excavators make a shocking discovery - a shallow grave of headless skeletons and severed skulls. National Geographic pieces together the events that led up to this massacre.

New evidence suggests that at least one convict escaped from Alcatraz and survived. National Geographic investigates one of the most intricate prison escapes in history three tireless inmates break from the fortress-like Alcatraz Island Federal Penitentiary and brave the frigid waters in a handmade...

Off the coast of San Francisco, an unexpected killing challenged the great white shark's supremacy as the ultimate predator when one became prey to a killer whale. Whale-watchers witnessed a stunning act of nature as a killer whale rose to the water's surface with...

The world watched in horror on March 11, 2011, as the fourth largest earthquake ever recorded crippled Japan and triggered a massive tsunami that swallowed entire communities, leaving an unprecedented catastrophe in its wake. All the while, amateur videographers, news crews, tourists and countless...

Inside Ferrari's closely-guarded factory in Maranello, Italy, you'll see how the newest, most powerful model is created from start to finish, learn its design secrets and take a test drive at 200 mph.

National Geographic takes you to Bowling Green, Kentucky, where GM is developing the new Corvette Z06, a high-performance street machine that is fantastically aerodynamically efficient.

Spotting a jaguar in South America's Pantanal is like finding a needle in a haystack -- filming one is even harder. Follow Christian Baumeister's journey in search of the majestic cat.

Follow the life and career of Dr. Jan Pol. Set in Central Michigan's farm country, Dr. Pol, along with his wife Diane, own and operate a veterinary clinic that services over 18,000 clients.